U.S. patent application number 12/516701 was filed with the patent office on 2010-03-18 for system and method for providing point of interest in destination around.
Invention is credited to Jung Min Kang.
Application Number | 20100070165 12/516701 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39468005 |
Filed Date | 2010-03-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100070165 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kang; Jung Min |
March 18, 2010 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POINT OF INTEREST IN DESTINATION
AROUND
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system for
providing a point of interest (POI) which retrieves a POI with a
high search frequency from among a plurality of POIs, located
within a predetermined radius from a destination requested by a
user, as route-encountered statistical information, provides the
route-encountered statistical information when providing a POI
corresponding to the destination, and thereby may provide
surrounding information frequently requested by users.
Inventors: |
Kang; Jung Min; (Seoul,
KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC
901 NORTH GLEBE ROAD, 11TH FLOOR
ARLINGTON
VA
22203
US
|
Family ID: |
39468005 |
Appl. No.: |
12/516701 |
Filed: |
September 20, 2007 |
PCT Filed: |
September 20, 2007 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/KR07/04622 |
371 Date: |
May 28, 2009 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
701/533 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G01C 21/3617 20130101;
G01C 21/3679 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
701/201 |
International
Class: |
G01C 21/36 20060101
G01C021/36 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 29, 2006 |
KR |
10-2006-0119185 |
Claims
1.-18. (canceled)
19. A method of providing a point of interest (POI) around a
destination, comprising: storing a POI corresponding to a route
data in a POI database; maintaining route-encountered statistical
information for each category in association with the POI in a
statistical information database; receiving a search request
including destination information and a route-encountered category
from a user; retrieving a POI corresponding to the destination
information, from the POI database; identifying route-encountered
statistical information which is located within a predetermined
radius from the retrieved POI and associated with the
route-encountered category from the statistical information
database; and providing the retrieved POI and the identified
route-encountered statistical information.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the maintaining comprises:
receiving route-encountered information from the user and
retrieving a plurality of POIs corresponding to the
route-encountered information from the POI database; providing a
POI list including the plurality of POIs; receiving a selection of
a single POI from the POI list, from the user; providing route data
which provides guidance about the selected POI; accumulating the
selected POI, a category of the POI, user information of the user
selecting the POI, and a number of times the POI is selected by
other users, and generating route-encountered statistical
information; and maintaining the generated route-encountered
statistical information for each category in the statistical
information database.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the route-encountered
statistical information includes sex information, and is maintained
in the statistical information database, and the identifying of the
route-encountered statistical information comprises identifying the
route-encountered statistical information from the statistical
information database by considering the sex information when a
search request including the sex information is received.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the route-encountered
statistical information includes age information, and is maintained
in the statistical information database, and the identifying of the
route-encountered statistical information comprises identifying the
route-encountered statistical information from the statistical
information database by considering the age information when a
search request including the age information is received.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein the route-encountered
statistical information includes sex information and age
information and is maintained in the statistical information
database, and the identifying of the route-encountered statistical
information comprises identifying the route-encountered statistical
information from the statistical information database by
considering the age information and the sex information when a
search request including the age information and the sex
information is received.
24. The method of claim 19, wherein the providing of the
route-encountered statistical information comprises providing top
route-encountered statistical information being statistically high
in occurrences from among the identified route-encountered
statistical information.
25. A method of providing a POI around a destination, comprising:
storing a POI corresponding to a route data in a POI database;
receiving route-encountered information from a terminal and
retrieving a POI corresponding to the route-encountered information
from the POI database; providing a POI list including the retrieved
POI to the terminal; receiving a POI selected from the POI list
from the terminal; providing route data which provides guidance
about the POI to the terminal; accumulating the POI, a category of
the POI, and a number of times that the POI is selected by other
users, and generating route-encountered statistical information;
maintaining the generated route-encountered statistical information
for each category in the statistical information database; and when
a search request including a destination and a category is received
from the terminal, providing route-encountered statistical
information associated with the category from among
route-encountered statistical information of a POI corresponding to
the destination.
26. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for
implementing the method according to claim 19.
27. A system for providing a POI, comprising: a POI database
storing a POI corresponding to a route data; a statistical
information database maintaining route-encountered statistical
information for each category in association with the POI; a search
request receiving unit receiving a search request including
destination information and a route-encountered category from a
user; an information retrieval unit retrieving a POI corresponding
to the destination information from the POI database, and
retrieving route-encountered statistical information which is
located within a predetermined radius from the retrieved POI and
associated with the route-encountered category from the statistical
information database; and an information providing unit providing
the retrieved POI and the retrieved route-encountered statistical
information.
28. The system of claim 27, wherein: the information retrieval unit
receives route-encountered information from the user and retrieves
a plurality of POIs corresponding to the route-encountered
information from the POI database, and the information providing
unit further comprises a statistical information generation unit
providing a POI list including the plurality of POIs, when a single
POI is selected by the user from the POI list, providing route data
which provides guidance about the selected POI, accumulating the
selected POI, a category of the POI, user information of the user
selecting the POI, and a number of times that the POI is selected
by other users, and generating route-encountered statistical
information.
29. The system of claim 28, wherein the statistical information
database maintains sex information corresponding to the
route-encountered statistical information based on the user
information, and the information retrieval unit retrieves
route-encountered statistical information corresponding to the sex
information from the statistical information database when a search
request including the sex information is received.
30. The system of claim 28, wherein the statistical information
database maintains age information corresponding to the
route-encountered statistical information based on the user
information, and the information retrieval unit retrieves
route-encountered statistical information corresponding to the age
information from the statistical information database when a search
request including the age information is received.
31. The system of claim 28, wherein the statistical information
database maintains age information and sex information
corresponding to the route-encountered statistical information
based on the user information, and the information retrieval unit
retrieves route-encountered statistical information corresponding
to the age information and the sex information from the statistical
information database when a search request including the age
information and the sex information is received.
32. The system of claim 31, wherein the information providing unit
provides top route-encountered statistical information with a high
search frequency from among the route-encountered statistical
information.
33. A system for providing a POI, comprising: a POI database
storing a POI corresponding to a route data; an information
receiving unit receiving route-encountered information from a
terminal; an information retrieving unit retrieving a POI
corresponding to the route-encountered information from the POI
database; an information providing unit providing a POI list
including the retrieved POI to the terminal, and providing route
data which provides guidance about the POI of the POI list to the
terminal; a statistical information generation unit accumulating
the POI, a category of the POI, and a number of times that the POI
is selected by other users, and generating route-encountered
statistical information; and a statistical information database
storing the generated route-encountered statistical information for
each category.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for
providing a point of interest (POI) which retrieves a POI with a
high search frequency from among a plurality of POIs, located
within a predetermined radius from a destination requested by a
user, as route-encountered statistical information, provides the
route-encountered statistical information when providing a POI
corresponding to the destination, and thereby may provide
surrounding information frequently requested by users.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] A navigation system provides route information using a
satellite for driving a vehicle, A navigation system includes point
of interest (POI) information based on map data. POI is data
displaying a station, airport, terminal, hotel, and the like, on a
map using coordinates. Accordingly, a navigation system may provide
route data including road information and POI based on map data on
a route by considering a location of a driving vehicle.
[0003] However, most users do not find an actual destination using
a keyword corresponding to the actual destination. Specifically,
they first consult a map and search for a route after determining
the actual destination, since a terminal or server providing a
navigation service may not include all shop names and shop
addresses. Accordingly, a user searches for a POI around an actual
destination as a keyword to find the actual destination.
[0004] For example, when a user desires to find restaurant "A",
which is located 100 m away from exit 7 of Gangnam station, the
user inputs `Gangnam station` as a keyword, although any one of a
shop name, telephone number, and address of restaurant "A" is
actually required to be inputted as a keyword. In this instance,
the user desires to go to restaurant "A", not `Gangnam
station`.
[0005] Thus, a service providing statistical information about
frequently-searched destinations is required to be provided in a
navigation system. However, when a keyword, generally used as a
keyword, but not an actual destination, is calculated when
compiling statistics, a frequently-searched destination is
determined as `Gangnam station`, which is incorrect statistical
information. However, when the actual destination restaurant "A",
located around `Gangnam station`, is calculated, a place popular
with people may be ascertained. Also, when user information such as
sex, age, and the like, is calculated when compiling statistics, a
variety of services may be provided. As described above, a method
and system for providing a POI around a destination which compiles
statistics on places actually desired by users and provides
route-encountered statistical information is provided.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
Technical Goals
[0006] The present invention provides a method and system for
providing a point of interest (POI) around a destination which
generates route-encountered statistical information including
information about places frequently searched by users, based on a
POI which is selected as a destination from a plurality of POIs by
a user, user information, and a number of times that the
destination is selected as the POI by the users.
[0007] The present invention also provides a method and system for
providing a POI around a destination which retrieves a POI
corresponding to a destination, and identifies route-encountered
statistical information located within a predetermined radius from
the retrieved POI in order to provide a POI located around a
destination searched for by a use.
Technical Solutions
[0008] According to an aspect of the present invention, there is
provided a method of providing a point of interest (POI) around a
destination, including: storing a POI corresponding to a route data
in a POI database; maintaining route-encountered statistical
information for each category in association with the POI in a
statistical information database; receiving a search request
including destination information and a route-encountered category
from a user; retrieving a POI corresponding to the destination
information, from the POI database; identifying route-encountered
statistical information which is located within a predetermined
radius from the retrieved POI and associated with the
route-encountered category from the statistical information
database; and providing the retrieved POI and the identified
route-encountered statistical information.
[0009] According to another aspect of the present invention, there
is provided method of providing a POI around a destination,
including: storing a POI corresponding to a route data in a POI
database; receiving route-encountered information from a terminal
and retrieving a POI corresponding to the route-encountered
information from the POI database; providing a POI list including
the retrieved POI to the terminal; receiving a POI selected from
the POI list from the terminal; providing route data which provides
guidance about the POT to the terminal; accumulating the POI, a
category of the POI, and a number of times that the POI is selected
by other users, and generating route-encountered statistical
information; maintaining the generated route-encountered
statistical information for each category in the statistical
information database; and when a search request including a
destination and a category is received from the terminal, providing
route-encountered statistical information associated with the
category from among route-encountered statistical information of a
POI corresponding to the destination.
[0010] According to an embodiment of the present invention, there
is provided a system for providing a POI, including: a POI database
storing a POI corresponding to a route data; a statistical
information database maintaining route-encountered statistical
information for each category in association with the POI; a search
request receiving unit receiving a search request including
destination information and a route-encountered category from a
user; an information retrieval unit retrieving a POI corresponding
to the destination information from the POI database, and
retrieving route-encountered statistical information which is
located within a predetermined radius from the retrieved POI and
associated with the route-encountered category from the statistical
information database; and an information providing unit providing
the retrieved POI and the retrieved route-encountered statistical
information.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a
system for providing a point of interest (POI) around a destination
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0012] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system for
providing a POI according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0013] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a statistical
information database according to the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing
route-encountered statistical information according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0015] FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating
route-encountered statistical information according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a
POI around a destination according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0017] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating
route-encountered statistical information according to another
embodiment of the present invention; and
[0018] FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a
POI around a destination according to another embodiment of the
present invention.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
[0019] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention are
described in detail by referring to the figures. However, the
present invention is not limited to the embodiments of the present
invention.
[0020] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a
system 130 for providing a point of interest (POI) around a
destination according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0021] The system 130 for providing a POI provides a service about
road guidance, and it is apparent that the system 130 for providing
a POI may be performed in a terminal or a server. Specifically, the
system 130 for providing a POI compiles statistics on a POI,
frequently searched for by users from among POIs included in a
particular area, for each category such as a restaurant, bar, real
estate business, and the like. For this, the system 130 for
providing a POI is required to search for a destination from a
terminal 110 via a satellite 120, and provides a POI corresponding
to the destination and route-encountered statistical
information.
[0022] The system 130 for providing a POI stores a POI
corresponding to a route data in a POI database. The POI is a data
displaying major facilities, station, airport, hotel, and the like,
on a map using coordinates. That is, the system 130 for providing a
POI measures an accurate time and distance from three satellites,
and calculates a location of the terminal 110 via three different
distances via triangulation. Also, the system 130 for providing a
POI may provide route data including road information and the POI
based on a map data existing on a map by considering the calculated
location of the terminal 110.
[0023] The terminal 110 receives route-encountered information from
a user and transmits the route-encountered information to the
system 130 for providing a POI. The route-encountered information
includes any one of an address, shop name, telephone number, and a
POI of the destination. In this instance, the terminal 110 may also
transmit user information of the terminal 110, and the user
information may include at least one of a name, address, age, sex,
and contact address.
[0024] The system 130 for providing a POI retrieves a POI
corresponding to the route-encountered information from the POI
database. In this instance, a plurality of POIs may be retrieved
according to the route-encountered information. The system 130 for
providing a POI transmits a POI list including the plurality of
POIs to the terminal 110.
[0025] The terminal 110 displays the POI list, receives a selection
on a single POI from the user, and transmits the selected POI to
the system 130 for providing a POI.
[0026] The system 130 for providing a POI provides route data
providing guidance about the selected POI. That is, the system 130
for providing a POI may provide route data to the POI from a
current location of the terminal 110.
[0027] Also, the system 130 for providing a POI may accumulate the
selected POI, a category of the POI, the user information, and a
number of times that the POI is selected by other users, and
generate route-encountered statistical information. The category
may be classified into a restaurant, convenience store, cosmetics
store, clothing store, and the like, according to a service
provided by a shop. The system 130 for providing a POI maintains
the generated route-encountered statistical information for each
category in association with the POI in a statistical information
database. For example, the route-encountered statistical
information includes information about "Levis (shop name)"
corresponding to "restaurant (category), twenties (age), female
(sex), 50 times (selection frequency)" with respect to a POI
"Gangnam station". The system 130 for providing a POI stores the
generated route-encountered statistical information in the
statistical information database.
[0028] Then, when receiving a search request including destination
information and a route-encountered category from the terminal 110,
the system 130 for providing a POI may retrieve a POI corresponding
to the destination information and route-encountered statistical
information, and provide the POI and the route-encountered
statistical information to the terminal 110. The route-encountered
statistical information is located within a predetermined radius
from the retrieved POI and associated with the route-encountered
category.
[0029] Hereinafter, a configuration of the system 130 for providing
a POI is described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.
[0030] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system 200 for
providing a POI according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0031] As illustrated, the system 200 for providing a POI includes
a POI database 201, a statistical information database 202, a
search request receiving unit 203, an information retrieval unit
204, an information providing unit 205, and a statistical
information generation unit 206.
[0032] The POI database 201 stores a POI corresponding to a route
data. The route data includes road information and a POI based on
map data. The road information includes information about road
types such as art express way, and national highway, and a traffic
lane such as one lane, two lanes, four lanes, and the like. The
road information may be updated at regular intervals according to a
lane change, newly-built road, location-changed road, and the like.
Also, the POI is data displaying on a map using coordinates. For
example, "subway station at Jongro 3", "Seoul theater", "National
tax service", and the like, based on `Jongro` area may be a
POI.
[0033] The statistical information database 202 maintains
route-encountered statistical information for each category in
association with the POI. The route-encountered statistical
information is statistical information about a POI, frequently
searched for by users, from among POIs included in a particular
area for each category.
[0034] Referring to FIG. 3, the statistical information database
202 stores the route-encountered statistical information including
a category, POI, age, sex, selection frequency, and shop name. The
category may be classified into a restaurant, bar, convenience
store, cosmetics store, clothing store, and the like, according to
a service provided by a shop. The POI is a POI (Gangnam station)
belonging to the category in a particular area, and the age (20 or
30) and the sex (female or male) is user information of a user
selecting the shop name. The selection frequency (50 or 30) is
obtained by accumulating a number of times that a route guidance is
requested with respect to the shop name. The shop name (Raw or
Herzen) is a name of a place most popular with users from among
restaurants in the particular area. The statistical information
database 202 may store coordinates associated with the shop name to
provide the route data when the user inputs the shop name as a
destination.
[0035] The statistical information generation unit 206 accumulates
the POI selected by the users, a category of the POI, user
information of the user selecting the POI, and a number of times
that the POI is selected by other users, and generates the
route-encountered statistical information in order to provide the
route-encountered statistical information. That is, the statistical
information generation unit 206 may ascertain places popular with
the users and located in a particular POI, compile statistics on
the places according to the category, sex, and age, and generate
the route-encountered statistical information. Also, the
statistical information generation unit 206 may regenerate
route-encountered statistical information of POI for each category
for a predetermined period and update the regenerated
route-encountered statistical information to the statistical
information database 202, since the route-encountered statistical
information may change depending on usage pattern of users due to a
nature of the present invention. Accordingly, better information
may be provided by updating the route-encountered statistical
information at every predetermined period.
[0036] The search request receiving unit 203 receives a search
request including destination information and a route-encountered
category from the user. The destination information may be a POI,
for example, "Gangnam station", "City hall of Seoul", and "Sejong
performing art center". The route-encountered category may be an
item name of places to be found based on the destination
information, for example, "restaurant", "popular restaurant",
"beauty shop", "shop", and the like. When the user desires to know
popular restaurants around Gangnam station, the user may request
for a search by inputting "popular restaurants around Gangnam
station" as a keyword.
[0037] The information retrieval unit 204 retrieves a POI
corresponding to the destination information from the POI database
201, and identifies route-encountered statistical information which
is located within a predetermined radius from the retrieved POI and
associated with the route-encountered category from the statistical
information database 202. For example, when "popular restaurants
around Gangnam station" is requested to be retrieved, "Gangnam
station" is retrieved as the POI, and popular restaurants, that is,
restaurants where a large number of people frequently go, from
among "restaurants" located within a 5 km radius from the Gangnam
station is retrieved. The radius identifying the route-encountered
statistical information may be set by the user when requesting, or
set in the system 200 for providing a POI.
[0038] The information providing unit 205 provides the retrieved
POI and the route-encountered statistical information. In this
instance, the information providing unit 205 may provide top
route-encountered statistical information being statistically high
in occurrences from among the identified route-encountered
statistical information. For example, top five restaurants from
among the "popular restaurants around Gangnam station" may be
provided. As described above, a number of POIs provided as the
route-encountered statistical information may be set by the user
when requesting, or set in the system 200 for providing a POI.
[0039] Referring to FIG. 4, when "popular restaurants around
Gangnam station" is requested to be retrieved by the user, the
information providing unit 205 may provide "Raw, 1309 Seocho-dong
Seocho-gu Seoul", "Levis, Yeoksam-dong Gangnam-gu Seoul", and the
like as the route-encountered statistical information. In this
instance, the information providing unit 205 may provide route data
providing guidance about a route to "Raw" from a current location
of the user.
[0040] The search request receiving unit 203 may receive the
destination information and route-encountered category as well as
age information and sex information when requested. In this
instance, the information retrieval unit 204 retrieves
route-encountered statistical information associated with the age
information and sex information from the statistical information
database 202.
[0041] For example, when "popular restaurants around Gangnam
station" is requested to be retrieved by the user to ascertain
places popular with people in a particular age range, the
information retrieval unit 204 may search for "restaurant"
classified under "Gangnam station" and "twenties" from the
statistical information database 202. Also, when "restaurants,
popular with women, around Gangnam station" is requested to be
retrieved by the user, the information retrieval unit 204 may
search for "restaurant" classified under "Gangnam station" and
"women" from the statistical information database 202. Also, when
"restaurants around Gangnam station for women in their twenties" is
requested to be retrieved by the user, the information retrieval
unit 204 may search for "restaurant" classified under "Gangnam
station", "twenties", and "women" from the statistical information
database 202. As described with reference to FIG. 3, since the
route-encountered statistical information stores a shop name
associated with a category, POI, and user information (age, sex),
the search described above may be performed.
[0042] Accordingly, the information providing unit 205 may provide
the retrieved route-encountered statistical information. Referring
to FIG. 4, when "restaurants around Gangnam station for women in
their twenties" is requested to be retrieved by the user, the
information providing unit 205 may provide "Pavilion, 619 Yeoksam 1
Gangnam-gu Seoul", "Beanstalk wood, Seocho-dong Seocho-gu Seoul",
and the like, as the route-encountered statistical information.
[0043] According to the present invention, the route-encountered
statistical information is maintained based on the user
information, and thus the top route-encountered statistical
information being statistically high in occurrences due to a
popularity with people in a particular age range from among a
plurality of POIs included in a particular area may be
provided.
[0044] FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating
route-encountered statistical information according to an
embodiment of the present invention. The method of generating
route-encountered statistical information may be performed by the
system 200 for providing a POI illustrated in FIG. 2.
[0045] In operation S501, a POI corresponding to a route data is
stored in the POI database 201 of the system 200 for providing a
POI. The route data includes road information and POI based on map
data. Also, the POI is data displayed on a map using names, for
example, "Jongro 3", "Coex", and the like.
[0046] In operation S502, a terminal or a user inputs
route-encountered information in the system 200 for providing a
POI. The route-encountered information is any one of an address,
shop name, telephone number, and POI of a destination. For example,
the terminal or user may input "Yeoksam-dong Gangnam-gu Seoul
(address)", "Levis (shop name)", "02-123-4567 (telephone number)",
and "Gangnam station (POI)" as the route-encountered
information.
[0047] When the system 200 for providing a POI is a server, the
route-encountered information is received from the terminal, and
the system 200 for providing a POI is installed in the terminal,
the route-encountered information may be received from the user via
a predetermined input device. In this instance, the system 200 for
providing a POI may receive user information as well as the
route-encountered information. The user information may include at
least one of a name, address, age, sex, and contact number.
[0048] In operation S503, the information retrieval unit 204
retrieves a POT corresponding to the route-encountered information
from the POI database 201, and the information providing unit 205
provides a POI list including the retrieved POI. In this instance,
a plurality of POIs may be retrieved depending on the
route-encountered information.
[0049] In operation S504, the terminal or user receives the POI
list and selects a single POI from the user. The POI list includes
the plurality of POIs, and the plurality of POIs and address may be
displayed.
[0050] In operation S505, the information providing unit 205
provides a route data providing guidance about the selected POI.
That is, the information providing unit 205 may provide the route
data by including road information and POI in map data to the POI
from a current location of the user.
[0051] In operation S506, the statistical information generation
unit 206 accumulates the selected POI, a category of the POI, the
user information, and a number of times that the POI is selected by
other users, and generates route-encountered statistical
information. In operation S507, the statistical information
generation unit 206 stores the route-encountered statistical
information for each category in association with the POI in a
statistical information database 202, by referring to FIG. 3.
[0052] FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a
POI around a destination according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The method of providing a POI around a destination may
be performed by the system 200 for providing a POI illustrated in
FIG. 2.
[0053] In operation S601, the system 200 for providing a POI
maintains the POI database 201 storing a POI and the statistical
information database 202 storing route-encountered statistical
information.
[0054] In operation S602, the search request receiving unit 203
receives a search request including destination information and a
route-encountered category from a user. The destination information
may be the POI and the route-encountered category may be an item
name of places to be retrieved based on the destination
information. For example, when the user desires to know popular
restaurants around Gangnam station, the user may request for a
search by inputting "popular restaurants around Gangnam station" as
a keyword.
[0055] In operation S603, the information retrieval unit 204
retrieves a POI corresponding to the destination information from
the POI database 201.
[0056] In operation S604, the information retrieval unit 204
identifies route-encountered statistical information which is
located within a predetermined radius from the retrieved POI and
associated with the route-encountered category from the statistical
information database 202. The radius identifying the
route-encountered statistical information may be set by the user
when requesting, or set in the system 200 for providing a POI.
[0057] In operation S605, the information retrieval unit 204
provides the retrieved POI and the route-encountered statistical
information. In this instance, the information retrieval unit 204
may provide top route-encountered statistical information being
statistically high in occurrences from among the identified
route-encountered statistical information.
[0058] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating
route-encountered statistical information according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0059] As illustrated, in operation 1, a terminal receives an
address, shop name, and the like, from a user, and requests a
center for a search. In operation 2, the center requests a search
server for search data including the address, shop name, and the
like. In operation 3, the search server retrieves a POI
corresponding to the search data by referring to a POI database,
and transmits a search results list to the center. In operation 4,
the center transmits the search results list to the terminal. In
operation 5, the terminal selects an item to be retrieved from the
search results list. Accordingly, in operation 6, the terminal
retrieves a route to the selected item. In operation 7, the
terminal transmits route-encountered information and user
information to the center. In operation 8, the center transmits the
route-encountered information and the user information to a
statistics server. In operation 9, the statistics server builds a
statistics information database. The statistics server may generate
route-encountered statistical information based on the
route-encountered information and the user information and build
the statistics information database.
[0060] FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a
POI around a destination according to another embodiment of the
present invention.
[0061] As illustrated, in operation 1, a terminal transmits an
address, shop name, and the like, from a user to a center, and
requests the center for a search. In operation 2, the center
requests a search server for search data including the address,
shop name, and the like. In operation 3, the search server
retrieves a POI corresponding to the search data by referring to a
POI database, and transmits a search results list to the center. In
operation 4, the center transmits the search results list to the
terminal. In operation 5, the terminal requests a statistics server
for a statistics data. In operation 6, the statistics server
retrieves statistics data by referring to a statistics information
database, and transmits the statistics data to the center. In
operation 7, the center transmits the statistics data to the
terminal. Accordingly, the terminal may provide a user with a
search results on the requested POI and the statistics data.
[0062] The above-described embodiment of the present invention may
be recorded in computer-readable media including program
instructions to implement various operations embodied by a
computer. The media may also include, alone or in combination with
the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the
like. The media and program instructions may be those specially
designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention,
or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having
skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable
media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and
magnetic tape; optical media such as CD ROM disks and DVD;
magneto-optical media such as optical disks; and hardware devices
that are specially configured to store and perform program
instructions, such as read-only memory (ROM), random access memory
(RAM), flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions
include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and
files containing higher level code that may be executed by the
computer using an interpreter. The described hardware devices may
be configured to act as one or more software modules in order to
perform the operations of the above-described embodiments of the
present invention.
[0063] Although a few embodiments of the present invention have
been shown and described, the present invention is not limited to
the described embodiments. Instead, it would be appreciated by
those skilled in the art that changes may be made to these
embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the
invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their
equivalents.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0064] According to the present invention, a method and system for
providing a point of interest (POI) around a destination generates
route-encountered statistical information including information
about places frequently searched by users, based on a POI which is
selected as a destination from a plurality of POIs by a user, user
information, and a number of times that the destination is selected
as the POI by the users.
[0065] Also, according to the present invention, a method and
system for providing a POI around a destination retrieves a POI
corresponding to a destination, and identifies route-encountered
statistical information located within a predetermined radius from
the retrieved POI in order to provide a POI located around a
destination searched for by a user.
[0066] Also, according to the present invention, a method and
system for providing a POI around a destination maintains
route-encountered statistical information based on user
information, and thereby may provide top route-encountered
statistical information being statistically high in occurrences due
to a popularity with people in a particular age range from among a
plurality of POIs included in a particular area.
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